HUMANE STANDARDS MUST START NOW !

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HUMANE STANDARDS MUST START NOW .

 

 

Dear Friend ,

 

Enclosed is the campaign from Farm Sancturary.

While writing to the Secretary of Agriculture in New Jersey for

the Humane standards on Factory Farms (sample letter enclosed),

we would also like to ask you to add humane standards for all of

the slaughterhouses in New Jersey to Secretary Brown too.

 

The sample letter and Additional notes are at the bottom of

this email. This year , let's start the Humane Standards from

New Jersey, then push to all of the other States.

Thanks so much for your compassion and help .

Humanity.

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-

Robyn Thunderchild

Tuesday, January 02, 2001 2:31 PM

 

URGE HUMANE STANDARDS FOR FARMED ANIMALS

IN NEW JERSEY

 

The New Jersey legislature has instructed the state Department ofAgriculture to draft humane standards for the treatment of farmanimals. We are asking all compassionate persons to write to NewJersey's Secretary of Agriculture asking for immediate action on thisdirective. Of particular concern is the need for implementation of aban on veal crates, gestation crates (or sow stalls), and batterycages. Please add your voice in calling for these important

steps to ease the suffering of billions of farm animals.Robyn Unicorn ThunderchildCampaigns Coordinator, Farm Sanctuarythunder (508)430-8438It is critical that the New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture hearsfrom people who are concerned about protecting farm animals

NOW while he is drafting the humane standards.PLEASE WRITE/FAX/EMAIL TO :

Arthur R. Brown, Jr., Secretary of AgricultureState of NJ, Dept. of AgricultureJohn Fitch Plaza, P.O. Box 330Trenton, NJ 08625-0330

 

Fax: (609) 292-3978

Phone: (609) 292-3976

Email to: agabrow

 

 

Additional Contact:

 

Samuel Garrison, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture

State of NJ, Dept. of AgricultureJohn Fitch Plaza, P.O. Box 330Trenton, NJ 08625-0330

Phone: (609)292-3976

Fax: (609)292-3978

Email to:

agagarr

 

SAMPLE LETTER :

 

Dear Secretary Brown,I am writing about New Jersey's legislation requiring the developmentof standards for the "humane raising, keeping, care, treatment,marketing, and sale of domestic livestock".Intensive confinement agriculture is clearly inhumane, and crueltycannot be allowed under New Jersey's law. Inhumane systems

which should be banned include

 

crates for veal calves,

battery cages for egg laying hens, and

sow stalls for pregnant pigs.I urge you to draft guidelines which allow farm animals freedom ofmovement, and an environment which allows them to engage in

their basic natural behaviors. Thank you for your attention andconsideration of these critical animal welfare concerns.

 

Sincerely yours,

Your name,

Address.--------------------

 

ADDITIONAL NOTES : Please also include the following additional

notes to Secretary Brown while requesting the humane standards

for all of the Factory farms in New Jersey :

 

Please urge him to Enforce the "Humane Slaughter Act" and

improve the old laws for all slaughterhouses in New Jersey .

The current slaughterhouses all over the country mostly do

not enforce the Humane Slaughter Act. (see reference # 1)

 

Every year, millions of animals throats are cut while fully

conscious, skinned alive, cut both feet off while conscious,

pigs are burned alive to death..... the atrocity is endless....

 

Please request Secretary to set up the new STRICT and CLEAR

Regulations to ENFORCE THE HUMANE SLAUGHTER ACT.

 

Reference :

 

1: See documentary book: "SLAUGHTERHOUSE" by Gail Eisnitz,

http://www.king5.com/investigators/storydetail.html?StoryID=1386 http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/cows01m_20000601.html

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THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR KINDNESS, COMPASSION AND HELP.